Hurricane Evacuation

[Joe3210]

Good luck with this.

[Arloest]

There was really no need for Harris County to evacuate from the storm itself. The hurricane moved WAY north. Sure, there were wind gusts that knocked down some thin trees and some fences. But as for the rain, there was hardly any. No flooding whatsoever that I'm aware of. Still, I say better safe than sorry.<br>However, it was good for the evacuees regarding the power situation. After over a day, there are still locations without power.

[erikbarrett]

It's good to hear you're alright, Arloest. Hope your household gets back up and running soon. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Softpaw]

Tavis is back home, too, and was on Second Life briefly last night, so he should be back on DC soon <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Zaaphod]

<!--QuoteBegin-FelixSoftpaw+Sep 25 2005, 02:43 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (FelixSoftpaw @ Sep 25 2005, 02:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Tavis is back home, too, and was on Second Life briefly last night, so he should be back on DC soon <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> That's good to hear. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>

[Holyman83]

Glad you made it back.

[Miles E Traysandor]

<span style='color:purple'>Tavis! You're back! <!--emo&:wag:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ailwag.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tailwag.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:glomp:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /glomp.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='glomp.gif' /><!--endemo--></span>

[Muninn]

Good to hear that Tavis (and anyone else concerned) is okay.

[Tavis]

Thank you all for your well-wishing, and for those of you who had kept contact with me while I was gone. The storm didn't do much damage around Pasadena; there were many places covered with fallen branches, but very little damage to homes and cars. At any rate, I think we were still rather lucky since one of the branches fell where dad's car would have been parked. Even without that, I'm sure mom would have felt shaken to hear the other large branch that landed on our roof.<br><br>A quick look around other nearby neighborhoods turned up one blown away car port and some roof damage to one home. All but two homes in our own neighborhood lost power (ours and our next-door neighbors'). Since we were prepared to weather the storm initially, we still had plenty of water and a couple power supplies (battery backup/UPS) to share. It was the least we could do for them considering they stayed behind and were considerate enough to let us know the neighborhood was okay before we went home.<br><br>Oh, after I got home, I found out UHCL is closed until Thursday, which means I don't have classes until next Monday. <!--emo&--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... atdrop.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sweatdrop.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br>

[Bocaj Claw]

You alright?

[Tavis]

Oh yeah, I'm alright. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--><br><br>The trip there was long, but not as long as most others'... my brother managed to get his girlfriend, myself and mom to San Antonio in 8 hours, dad brought Mystic, my sister's cat, with him; he took only 12 hours. A normal trip would have taken about 4 hours, but evacuation traffic held up some people for nearly a day.<br><br>Gas shortages were a problem, as were places we could stop to use the bathroom. I waited half an hour at one before finding out someone ahead of me clogged up the toilet, leaving it to flood the bathroom. <!--emo&x_x--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/Dead.png' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Dead.png' /><!--endemo--> Fortunately I didn't have to go <i>that</i> urgently.

[Miles E Traysandor]

Well, at any rate, good to see you back and to hear nothing major happened in the time while you were gone ^^